Ever since the closure and rezoning of the old Ecology Action recycling center in downtown Austin’s Red River Cultural District at 703 East Ninth Street, we’ve been following the trail of a planned mixed-use development for the location that teased the possibility of micro-housing units. Here’s what we knew last year: Sackman Enterprises, which is also developing 70 Rainey , plans a restaurant, retail, micro-unit…
FIRST LOOK: Fourth&, East Austin’s Latest Design-Minded Condo Project
The TOWERS Realty team recently had the opportunity to tour Fourth&, a 97-unit condo development by Capsa Ventures in East Austin, located at the corner of Fourth and Chicon Streets — I guess that’s where they got the name. Fourth& is a particularly interesting project, as far as midrise multifamily developments go, for a couple of…
YIMBY and Placemaking are the perfect pair
People get involved in shaping cities for different reasons. Some because they ride bikes or take trains, some because of a professional interest, and some because the rent is too damn high. As rents, land use, public space, and transportation are deeply interrelated, people who are interested in one often bleed over into another. But…
Central Austin Development Roundup: It Just Keeps Happening
Here’s a few updates on projects downtown we’re keeping an eye on. Wait, didn’t we just do this? Yeah, but honestly, there’s enough going on in the city to check in with a new post every couple of weeks. Lucky you! 1. 3rd & Colorado Tower The 44-story mixed-use tower planned for the site at Third and Colorado Streets currently occupied by…
30-Story Alexan Capitol Apartment Tower Planned at 11th & Sabine
The multifamily project in the developing stages at the Texas Trucking Association site on 700 East 11th Street has finally come into focus. Previously known only as 11th & Sabine Multifamily, we now know the development’s identity and use from new city documents, which use the name Alexan Capitol. Alexan is a brand of apartment communities in seven states…
Looking Back at Austin’s 1915 Flood, When Waller and Shoal Creeks Soaked the City
As Houston and the rest of the Texas coast begin the recovery from Hurricane Harvey’s unprecedented devastation, the roughly 10 inches of rain Austin received from the storm certainly doesn’t seem like much. Businesses along the city’s twin downtown waterways, Waller and Shoal Creeks, laid some sandbags down and called it a day. But a little more than…